Fort Greene Park (The West Wing)
October 23 - 24
binibnFactory presents“Quiet Wave” a site-specific performance work choreographed by Satoshi Haga and Rie Fukuzawa in collaboration with dancers and musicians in NYC. Satoshi and Rie connects with dancers and musicians from across the city including Deborah Jackson, Yoshiko Furuse, Shoko Nagai and Satoshi Takeishi.
This performance event is part of the CITY ARTISTS CORPS grant. This grant is from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and The New York City Department of cultural affairs (DCLA). Find out more here
Various Artists
Various Venues
October 20 - November 6
“Crossing The Line Festival" which spotlights Africa’s cultural renaissance through interdisciplinary artists will feature: Before the whisper becomes the word, the room-sized video installation by Igbo-American artist Okwui Okpokwasili, in collaboration with Peter Born; Nehanda the audio work by nora chipaumire a native of Zimbabwe and central Mozambique; and On the way, undone by Okpokwasili and Born. Also on the lineup is singer Somi, plus works by Chirstopher Myers and Kneza Schaal. These performances and events are both virtual and in-person. Find out more here
Hope Boykin
92nd Street Y
October 21
Boykin's An Evening of Hope brings the New York City premiere of Redefine US, From The INside OUT, and more. Find out more here
Various Artists
Various Venues
October 21 - 23
Dance Rising NYC's Hyper-Local Dance Out: SHARED SPACE happens throughout the five boroughs and the Tri-State area. Find out more here
New York Botanical Gardens
April - October 2021
The Contemporary Dance Series offers up "...A series of spontaneous outdoor performances celebrate the infinite possibilities of our connection with nature and each other," notes the release. Find out more here
Rourou Ye
Virtual
October 1 - December 31
Ye presents May I Dance on Your Screen?, a movement-centered online exhibit of video works created specifically for the digital platform. Find out more here
Lucinda Childs
The Joyce
October 19 - 24
Childs' 1979 work DANCE "...a moving monument to minimalism...An exploration of repetition and precise geometric patterns, the nine dancers move in perfect synchrony with projections of the original company, the only film work designed by prolific artist Sol LeWitt," according to the release. Find out more here
Jamar Roberts
Virtual/Ailey All Access
October 6 - 19
See Roberts’ dance film Holding Space which focuses on “…confinement, healing and the quest for sustainable pathways towards wholeness,” according to the release. Find out more here
American Ballet Theater
David H. Koch Theater
October 20 - 31
The 2021 Fall season returns with the first of six performances of the full-length production of Giselle (1841) staged by Kevin McKenzie with choreography after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa, Christopher Rudd’s Touché, Jessica
Lang’s ZigZag, of Lauren Lovette’s La Follia Variations, Darrell Grand Moultrie’s Indestructible Light and more. Find out more here
Loretta Thomas' Moving VIsions
Mark O'Donnell Theater at the Actors Fund Arts Center
October 22 - 23
Thomas will present a program rich in both new works and dance treasures, performed by her Moving Visions company, and guests Catherine Gallant, Amelia Dawe Sanders, and Dances We Dance, the new ensemble directed by Francesca Todesco. Find out more rsvp here
Various Artists
Bethesda Fountain, DUMBO Archway
October 30
White Wave Dance presents iyouuswe II (I-You-Us-We-Two), a multi-year collaboration with choreographer Young Soon Kim and composer Marco Cappelli, in collaboration with their performers. Find out more here
Various Artists
City Center
October 13 - 24
The ten‐day Fall For Dance Festival, now in its 18th year, will again five programs featuring Ayodele Casel, Lar Lubovitch, Adrian Danchig‐Waring and Joseph Gordon, and The Verdon Fosse Legacy, Georgina Pazcoguin, Damian Woetzel’s Vail Dance Festival, Justin Peck, Tiler Peck, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, BalletX, Ephrat Asherie Dance, Houston Ballet, Lil Buck, Micaela Taylor’s The TL Collective, Philadelphia Ballet, Roman Mejia, STEP AFRIKA!, Stephen Petronio Company, and STREB EXTREME ACTION. Find out more here
Various Artists
Arts on Site
October 21 & 23
Through CreateART, an artist led multidisciplinary performance and residency platform connecting artists and audiences in diverse venues in NYC, curator Tamrin Golberg will share the weekend space with Spencer Weidie/Clinton Edward. Find out more here
Oyu Oro
Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
October 24
Oyu Oro will present the world premiere of Esperanza a narrative melding the choreography and intercultural practices of Cuban traditions derived from Africa. Find out more and rsvp here.